Police allegedly caught the same Tesla owner drink driving not once but twice in the space of three hours last week.
Queensland Police has released footage captured on body worn camera of officers pulling over the driver, 50, a second time just hours after her licence was suspended.
‘I told you not to drive,’ an exasperated police officer told the woman.
The woman was first pulled over by police after allegedly travelling at 28km/hr over the speed limit in a white Tesla SUV near Mount Nathan on the Gold Coast around midday on April 12.
She failed a roadside breath test and was taken back to Coomera police station, where she allegedly blew 0.199, almost four times the legal blood alcohol limit.
A Tesla driver was allegedly caught drink driving twice within the space of three hours
Police immediately suspended the woman’s licence and she was charged with driving under the influence.
The woman left the police station in an Uber.
Less than three hours later, astonished police allegedly spotted the same woman behind the wheel of her electric car travelling west on Beaudesert Nerang Road at Mount Nathan.
‘You have to be zero because you are unlicenced now,’ the officer explained to the woman after she was pulled over for the second time.
She then underwent another roadside breath test and allegedly returned a second positive result.
‘You’ve blown well over again!’ the officer told the woman, who put her head in her hands.
The woman was driven back to Coomera police station where she allegedly blew 0.183, still well over the limit.
The woman was charged with a second count of driving under the influence.
She was also charged with driving while disqualified.
She is due to appear at Southport Magistrates Court on May 1.
Queensland Police announced a crackdown on bad and illegal driver behaviour on the Pacific Motorway and across the Gold Coast hinterland.
The woman was charged with two counts of driving while intoxicated and one count of driving with a suspended licence
‘We’re sending a clear message that risky driving behaviours will not be tolerated,’ Inspector Kayleen James said.
‘Whether it’s speed, intoxication, or improper load securing – these are choices that can have deadly consequences.
‘This operation is part of our commitment to reducing the road toll and making our roads safer for everyone.’
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